The Regulatory Assistance Project
Budget
€2,526,950
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
17
15 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
We are a global, non-profit team of experts focused on the long-term economic and environmental sustainability of the power and natural gas sectors, providing technical and policy assistance to policymakers and regulators on a broad range of energy and environmental issues. Many of RAP’s principals and senior associates are former regulators. We have expertise in regulatory and market policies that promote economic efficiency, environmental protection, system reliability and fair allocation of system benefits among consumers. While RAP’s advice to public officials is always independent, we also provide educational and technical assistance to other stakeholders, including consumer and environmental groups, utilities and business associations. We are primarily funded by foundations and federal contracts.
EU Legislative Interests
Energy demand side management; Renewable energy policy; Power market regulation; Energy efficiency policy; Internal Energy Market; E-transportation; fossil fuel alternatives; ETS.
Communication Activities
RAP typically disseminates its own publications and material as well as information about its projects through its website (https://www.raponline.org/), newsletter and social media channels, namely Twitter and LinkedIn. RAP participates in public events to present its reports and to discuss related issues with policy makers and a variety of stakeholders. Selection of RAP publications on the above-mentioned EU policies in 2025: • Making Europe’s homes ‘Hygge’: Danish lessons on district heating; • Revitalising regulation to guide anticipatory investment: A Power System Blueprint deep dive; • Savings from smart charging electric cars and trucks in Europe: A case study for France in 2040; • Was tun mit den Gasnetzen? Eine Zusammenfassung europäischer Lösungsansätze (What to do with the gas networks? A summary of European solutions); • Netzentgelte: Langfristige Grenzkosten als Grundlage der Bepreisung (Network charges: Long-term marginal costs as the basis for pricing); • How to unlock benefits from smart EV charging: Key lessons from a global study; • Flexing industrial muscle: Electrifying process heat with electro-thermal energy storage; • Accelerating the shift: How to advance electric truck charging in Europe; • Credit where credit is due: Smarter alignment of renewable electricity and EV charging; • Stellungnahme zur Rahmenfestlegung der Allgemeinen Netzentgeltsystematik Strom (Statement on the framework for the General Network Charges System for Electricity); • Aligning business models with public interest — Rethinking revenue regulation for network companies: A Power System Blueprint deep dive; • Making electricity cheaper: RAP’s eight priority actions; • Making electricity cheaper: Redistributing policy costs for affordable household heat electrification; • Making electricity cheaper: Modernising taxes and levies to incentivise electrification of industrial heat; • Out of the sandbox: How to scale vehicle-to-grid in Europe; • Clean Heat Policy Tracker; • Nationalisation and wind-down: Regulation of disconnections and decommissioning of the gas distribution grid in Denmark; • Tipping the balance: Cheaper electricity is needed to drive clean heating; • Industrial electrification policy – country factsheets; These reports and more material are available on our website.
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (eceee) https://www.eceee.org/
Organisation Members
Coalition for energy savings https://energycoalition.eu/ European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (eceee) https://www.eceee.org/
Additional Information
N/A
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.